From 6614f402eef3524dc8b97bc6410705190891340f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 20:03:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e41507df2..8b1d3a289 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ def add_builtin_fonts(args: Options) -> None:
             lines = subprocess.check_output([
                 'fc-list', '--format', '%{file}\n%{postscriptname}', f':postscriptname={psname}']).decode().splitlines()
             if len(lines) != 2:
-                raise SystemExit(f'fc-list returned unexpected output: {lines}')
+                raise SystemExit(f'fc-list returned unexpected output: {lines} when searching for the Symbols NERD font')
             if lines[1] != psname:
                 raise SystemExit(f'The font {human_name!r} was not found on your system, please install it')
             font_file = lines[0]